Freedom Network Blog quotes WordPress…
“WordPress is a state-of-the-art publishing platform with a focus on aesthetics, web standards, and usability. WordPress is both free and priceless at the same time.”
WordPress began in 2003 and today it has grown to be the largest self-hosted blogging tool in the world and now used on millions of sites.
Own your piece of real estate on the internet. You can use WordPress to build an empire and/or share your passion. Control your piece of real estate by choosing WordPress.org since it is a self hosting site. (Do not use WordPress.com even if you are a beginner.)
WordPress has numerous themes to choose from that are free. Some offer more functionality and options than others so take your time to find a theme that works for you.
When you are ready to upgrade to a paid or premium theme you will have many more options. We recommend several premium themes. Within these themes you will find numerous themes to choose from…have fun! Take advantage of the forums that are available with the premium themes.
WordPress Free Themes
You will have numerous Free WordPress Themes to select from when you are ready to launch your blog. Last count in www.wordpress.org there were 1,217 Free WordPress Themes and 10,227 plugins!
You will be able to sort through the long list based on color, columns, width, features and subject, etc.
If you are new to blogging, we’d suggest start with one of the Free WordPress Themes and then you can always upgrade to one of the Premium WordPress Themes at any time. Some of our favorite are:
- Atahualpa – This theme offers 268 options to build your individual theme. In addition it offers, up to 4 sidebars, fixed or flexible width layout, custom widget areas, drop down menus, SEO features, rotating header images and an active support forum with over 30,000 posts. Author: byteforall
- Thematic – The ultimate in SEO-ready themes. This theme is a highly extensible. The WordPress Theme Framework features 13 widget-ready areas, drop-down menus, grid-based layout samples, plugin integration, shortcodes for your footer and a whole lot more. Perfect for any blog. Author: iandstewart
- Comet – This is a classy, lightweight and content-focused theme. If offers a lot of features to customize everything to your liking. Theme options include: 7 different color schemes and the ability to change things like fonts, logo, sidebars, etc. It also offers dropdown menu for fast and space-saving navigation. Author: wizardregis
WordPress Premium Themes
There are three major advantages to using WordPress Premium Themes.
- These themes offer more options and flexibility.
- They have excellent forums that you can join, ask questions and learn from others.
- They provide some training on the use of their theme.
Below are 5 Premium Themes that Freedom Network Blog recommends:
The JVPress platform provides you the flexibility you desire to customize to what you want. You can mix and match the theme’s options. The new Media Theme will let you develop webpages that will WOW your visitors.
StudioPress
The Genesis Theme Framework is built on a simple, vanilla blog-type parent theme. The great thing about the way Genesis is built, is that the child theme’s functions file is where a number of things occur: additional sidebar widgets, custom functions are defined as well as filtered and hooked. This blog is built on this Premium Theme.
Thesis
The Thesis Theme for WordPress is a premium theme designed to serve as a solid foundation for any kind of website. Over 27,021 people rely on the SEO, design flexibility and lightning-fast loading times that Thesis provides.
This premium theme is worth the money!
Woo Themes
Woo Themes are all built on a solid code framework which has been fine tuned over time. With a new backend to let you easily control the theme options and multiple theme styles to every theme, it won’t take you long to get up and running.
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